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Artist Kirstie Macleod is the mastermind behind a massive piece of art that took 14 years and 380 people to create. It's called, simply: The Red Dress project. While the dress is made of burgundy silk, artists around the world have embroidered their own unique, colorful designs onto it to show off their culture and country. The World reached into its archives for this report from Bianca Hillier on what the dress means to the people involved.

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Pope Leo XIV has had quite the travel itinerary. Less than a year and a half into his papacy, he's already traveled across Africa, Europe and the Middle East. But unlike other heads of state, who have dedicated government aircraft, popes travel aboard specially chartered commercial airliners. Host Marco Werman speaks with Motoko Rich, The New York Times' Rome bureau chief, who's been racking up frequent flier miles along with the pope.

When Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica last year, a handful of health centers in the storms path stayed standing — and operational — while nearly everything around them was destroyed. The World's Hannah Chanatry looks at what made those buildings so different.

Authorities in Europe are investigating a wave of suspected bomb threats to airplanes traveling across the continent that affected at least seven flights carrying passengers. Several were forced to make emergency landings, some under military escort. It's unclear whether the threats — which European officials are dismissing as hoaxes — were coordinated. The World's Transportation Correspondent Jeremy Siegel breaks down the latest on the incidents and ongoing investigations.

Argentine President Javier Milei has been courting tech leaders worldwide to build data centers in his country's southern Patagonia region. He has been pushing to lower the corporate tax rate to incentivize foreign investment, and pledged that his government would not regulate AI. But for all the potential upsides, many of Milei's critics say that inviting foreign-owned data centers wouldn't actually do much to help Argentines. Host Marco Werman has more.

Tomás de Perrate was born into a family of Flamenco musicians. But he chose the life of a hairdresser — until his late 40s. Flamenco has long been mixed with other genres, but Perrate takes Flamenco fusion to a new level. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.

Leaders around the world have been reacting to President Donald Trump's resounding defeat in the US midterm elections. The World's Europe Correspondent Orla Barry and Latin America Correspondent Tibisay Zea join Host Marco Werman to discuss the global implications of the US Congress changing hands.

Following sweeping Democratic victories in Tuesday's midterm elections, there are questions about what the results might mean beyond the United States' borders and in the realm of foreign policy. Ishaan Tharoor, who writes about global affairs for The New Yorker, joined The World's Host Marco Werman to discuss the global implications.

Refugees and asylum-seekers have been going to Malaysia from Myanmar for decades. There are now hundreds of thousands in Malaysia. Most of them are ethnic minorities fleeing persecution, economic hardship and, most recently, a civil war. They were once welcomed in Malaysia, to do the jobs most Malaysians didn't want to do. Now, many refugees and asylum-seekers from Myanmar in Malaysia worry they have bullseyes on their backs. Dave Grunebaum reports.

Fast-growing breeds of "turbo chicken" account for much of the poultry produced worldwide. But after a recent documentary by Danish broadcaster TV2 shed light on illegal practices by local producers, the government's nature minister has called for both nationwide and European Union-wide bans. The World's Host Marco Werman learned more about the sustainability and tradeoffs of this cheap chicken from Leonie Jacobs, an associate professor of poultry welfare at Virginia Tech.